Valga County

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Valga maakond

Flag Coat of arms
Capital	Valga, Estonia
Governor	Georg Trašanov
Area	2,044 km² (14th)
Population (as of 2004)  - Density	35,059 (12th) 17.2/km² (6th)
ISO 3166-2	EE-82

Valga County (Estonian: Valga maakond), or Valgamaa, is one of 15 counties of Estonia. Its capital is Valga, which is located on the Estonian-Latvian border. It is situated in southern part of the country and borders Põlva County and Võru County to the east, Latvia to the south and to the west, Viljandi County and Tartu County to the north.

Contents 1 History 2 County Government 3 Municipalities 4 Geography 5 Miscellaneous topics 6 External link

[edit] History

[edit] County Government

The County Government (Estonian: Maavalitsus) is led by Governor (Estonian: maavanem), who is appointed by the Government of Estonia for a term of five years. Currently the Governor position is held by Georg Trašanov.

[edit] Municipalities

The county is subdivided into municipalities. There are 2 urban municipalities (Estonian: linnad - towns) and 11 rural municipalities (Estonian: vallad - communes) in Valga County.

Urban municipalities:

• Tõrva
• Valga

Rural municipalities:

• Helme
• Hummuli
• Karula
• Otepää
• Palupera
• Puka
• Põdrala
• Sangaste
• Taheva
• Tõlliste
• Õru

[edit] Geography

[edit] Miscellaneous topics

[edit] External link

• Valgamaa - Official website